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Euthalia nara

Euthalia nara, the bronze duke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae (Limenitidinae). It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Description

Adolias nara n. sp.—Female. Upperside dark glossy golden olive-green, with blackish marginal and sub-marginal lines : forewing with oblique transverse row of six white spots, from middle of costal margin to near posterior angle, also two small sub-apical white spots; marks within discoidal cell black : hind-wing with two white spots on costal margin near the angle. Underside glossy verdigris -green, apically olive-green : fore-wing with markings as above, but more defined and whiter; lower part of disc patched with blue-black : hind-wing with transverse row of six white spots from costal margin to near the posterior angle; indistinct discoidal markings. Ciliae white. Expanse 3 and 5/12inches.In Museum Entomological Society of London.

Subspecies

  • E. n. nara India, Sikkim, Nepal, N.Assam; Burma, Yunnan
  • E. n. alutoya <small>Fruhstorfer, 1913</small>
  • E. n. nagaensis <small>Tytler, 1940</small> Naga Hils
  • E. n. kalawrica <small>Tytler, 1940</small> Shan States
  • E. n. shania <small>Evans, 1924</small> Shan States, Thailand, Yunnan
  • E. n. hainanana<small> Gu, 1994</small> Hainan

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